RANDOMISE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does randomise mean? 

• RANDOMISE (verb)
  The verb RANDOMISE has 1 sense:

1. arrange in random order

  Familiarity information: RANDOMISE used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• RANDOMISE (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they randomise    ... he / she / it randomises   
Past simple: randomised   
Past participle: randomised   
-ing form: randomising   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Arrange in random order

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Synonyms:

randomise; randomize

Context example:

Randomize the order of the numbers

Hypernyms (to "randomise" is one way to...):

disarrange (disturb the arrangement of)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

randomisation (a deliberately haphazard arrangement of observations so as to simulate chance)

 Context examples 

To actually transfer information through spin, the electron’s spin needs to travel reasonable distances and live for a long enough time before the information encoded on it is randomised.

(Certain organic semiconducting materials can transport spin faster than they conduct charge, University of Cambridge)

Previous randomised trials have shown low carbohydrate diets are beneficial for short-term weight loss and improve cardiometabolic risk.

(Moderate Carbohydrate Intake May be Best for Health, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

Infant deaths from sepsis (bacterial infection of the blood) can be reduced almost by half with doses of healthy gut bacteria, according to the results of a randomised trial conducted in India’s Odisha state by researchers at the College of Public Health, University of Nebraska Medical Center in the United States.

(Friendly gut bacteria can help fight infant deaths, SciDev.Net )